Effect

Library

Background

Solid colour or gradient backdrop — the gradient can drift, warp and repeat

The base coat — a solid color or gradient that everything else is composited over. Start here; it sets the palette for the whole piece.

I. Made with Background

  • Specimen 257 — Nymphaea alba by @goodbytes
  • alphabet series / F by @goodbytes
  • alphabet series / C by @goodbytes
  • Gradient Envelope by @goodbytes
  • Diffuse Confuse by @goodbytes
  • daft punk by @goodbytes
  • fish-ray glasses wide by @goodbytes
  • slow orbit by @goodbytes
  • vrooooom by @goodbytes
  • cryptogenics by @goodbytes
  • Spectrum Rip by @goodbytes
  • prism trip by @goodbytes

II. Everything else

  • 3D Model — A primitive or a ready-made model — as authored, or in glass, mirror or matcap
  • Dot Grid — A field of dots — circles, squares, diamonds or triangles — still, orbiting or breathing
  • Image — Upload a picture or an SVG as a layer, or pick one of 72 built-in shapes; position, scale and rotate it
  • Mesh Gradient — A few colours melting into one another as soft, drifting patches — the silky mesh-gradient look
  • Shape — A flat rectangle, circle, or polygon with adjustable design params
  • Text — Editable text with Google fonts; replicate, move and rotate
  • Video — Play a muted, looping video clip as a layer; position, scale and rotate it

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